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that oft our oat it with the same zeal and as- A i our supplies will soon be. the Ee spindl _ | weary weeks' accumulation. The new | kshops 'we 'set up attained one-third their Hos 'their output is now Ba. rapidity om con- Culies In labor supply and ent have been solved. If employers and workmen as they have hitherto pr "1 cannot help 'thinking that the! improvenient in The Russian ammuni- jion has been one of the greatest and most unpleasant surprises the enemy # has sustained: Stil, our task is but | half accomplished. Every great battle | 2845,5:.8 'additional' proof that this is a war of equipment. More. ammuni- .| tion means more vietaries and fewer sualties." poreciably Advaie Their Line, At. Various Points. Theo despatch from Londoit says: The British made a further advance north according to 8 report 8 ursday from General Haig. With Contalmaison and the en- tire German first line of defence on and adjoining, sectors firmly in their hands the British troops are striking to the eastward against Combles and Bapaume. Longueval, a junction point on the high road sys- tem, and the Heights of Martinpuich, two and a half miles northeast of Con- _ talmaison, which command the battle- ~ ground for miles around, are the im<] mediate objects of thelr campaign, a MAY FORCE CHLOROFORM USE. French Likely to , Make It Compulsory in Army Surgery. ae ench h Academy o of {ting to an of new submarines of medicine is | . % JAIL] FOR REFUSING ba TO MAKE MUNITIONS. . wer Prisoner Writes of Ottawa Mans 5 Plight. A despatch from. Ottawa says: Canadian prisoners in German; | entenced to a year in jail by « Ger. mans for refusing to make war muni- tions, according to a letter received 'here from formerly a prisoner in Germany, and now 'transferred Corporal Harry Hogarth, of Ottawa, is one of those who refused to make munitions, and it is expected he have to serve the year's sentence; which has already been imposed upon him. Steps have been taken to bring it before the authorities, so that it can be investigated, as, according to The Hague tribunal, prisoners of war are not called upon to make munitions. a oo ru pumsn HOLDING ON THE TIGRIS RIVER. Gen. Lake's Troops os Are at Sannayyat, Fifteen Miles Below Kut. A despatch from London gays: The British expedition Sh tamia is | 'a \ yi it, al ut y. The statément says : oh the British forces have been sub- jocten to an ineffectual artillery at- REAR Eighty German Merchant Subs? A despatch from Copenhagen says: German newspapers state. that eighty the Devichiand ne bil 2 Kiel are expected to So ©. Corporal Ian A. Simons, |] to the . internment | Ba camp in Switzerland. He writes that L 0. i ae $ 18,10. ot Hnckey 25) HE a Tine C -- cartons 1 nie 33 0 ify the ater for |. Ro ei bbe Bev large, 18c | twins, 18%e: | trl Hi) 1330 Syrup-- p--Prices WT Jready: at $1.40 ne. 3 0 sos Tmperia Dre: fensed MEE gE to 70; fowl, 2 to 2 Potatoes-- Brunswicks quoted at $2.00 er HAE | Weste tern, $1 86. Montreal al Markets. nireal, 18.--Corn--American New: an: 2 oh ¢ "tres a8 ple h, 360 seconds, o 28%c. ggs--Fresh, 3 selected, 32¢; No, 1 stock, 29c; No. stock, 28c. Winnipeg Grain. : < Yinhipe July 18. --Cash guctations : Le 0 1" Northern, $1.163 ; 7 Ai 3 Northern, » $1.74 United i, Markets. Jia, olis, ~--Wheat, Jul Bevismier, Ia. KTR 3, No. 1 ha turn: $1. 163, to 31. $1. 88; 820, 1 Tg 3 . Flour--Fancy patents first clears Joe. i orl to arrive, © September, 3 a oyember Northern to arrive. i 3 4 Live Stock Markets. oronto July 18.--~Choice heavy steers 25 to $9.50 ; good heayy steers, $9.00 butchers' cattle, RT 9.10 o Cc ; $12.25 ; "ok, feed and 11. do, weighed | ¢ 0 $11. 50; ' do, f.0.b., y 18.--Rutchers' pedinn, Eigers, Shee eep, 3 do. to 10e ; ir $11.78 to § xed $10.5 $9.76 Way $10.20. 460 IRISH 'REBELS WILL 'BE RELEASED. A dapat 'from a London says: The Mdviswy eomizaitiae appointed to con- men arrested in recent at. rebellion, 12.25 ; b tonghs to $11.50; and S0WS, rad y leux, The res crisis is still GROW DURING WAR i 2) During Past Tw Twenty Months Have Increased Over $100,000,000. A despatch from Ottawa says :i-- consolidated revenue of Canada | 8) for the three months of the fiscal year (| ending June 30 was $50,772,903.92, and the expenditure was $37,066,289. 'The revenue from all sources amount- ed to $56,000,000. Of this expendi- 'ture only $10,628,045 comes under consolidated fund account while $26, 527,243 is under capital and $22,178, 031 of this is war outlay. In the month of June last the war expendi- tyre was $12,439,187.98. During th: three months' period the expenditure No! on both capital and revenue accounts }| outside of the capital outlay on war ing, has decreased ' substantially, due to seconds: | the policy of rigid economy adhered to by the spending departments of the government, The June revenue increased from 24.1$11,433,970 to $17,600,149," the in- crease being found in nearly all branches including $4,000,000 in cus- i | toms. ~The buoyancy of the Dominion's fi- nancial situation is shown through- oud the statement. The total assets of the Dominion on June 80 were $420,395,783 as against $257,943,948 a year ago. The net debt increased W | from $450,287,721 to $598,910,637, but the increase for the month was \, d $16,018,946,95, or nearly $2,000,000 less than a year ago. The credit Canada has extended to the British Governement now totals $150,000,000. Munition orders to this amount have been placed in Canada by the Imperial Government. Canadian deposits on savings ac- count total over $700,000,000, having '| increased a little over '$100,000,000 .! during the 20 months of the war. RU Or ERY THE GREAT PUSH HAS ONLY BEGUN Britain Asks Munition Workers to Forego August Holidays. A despatch from London says: The S allied offensive on the westérn front 90 711s only in its beginning, declared Pre- ,| mier Asquith on Thursday in an- : | nouncing in the House of Commons that the Gover t had decided to a ask workers to forego their August ; | holidays because of the demand for munitions in France. He expressed 0: convietion that the workmen would co-operate in this plan so as to make it plain to Great Britain's foes that the offensive, in its present intensity | of bombardment and assault, would, i | if necessary, be "continued indefinite- »|1y."" The Premier also announced that i| by Royal proclamation the August bank holidays would be postponed, and he appealed: to all classes for the post. ponement of all holidays until fur- ther and definite progress of the of- fensive had been secured. GERMAN GUNNERS CHAINED TO GUNS. A despatch from London says: British soldiers on the fighting line and those wounded on the Somme say that they found German machine- gunners chained to their guns to pre- vent them from retreating. a------ "People. who know the least are apt | bo assume the most, "It's the easiest thing in the world to.e brave Wien there is no danger at German 'headquarters Neither German nor neu= tral correspondents are now allowed anywhere at any of the fronts. : HUNGARY IS BITTER OVER GREAT LOSSES Since Péginaing of Offensive Against Italy They Exceed 600,000. The London Morning Post has ad- vices from Budopest which say that the losses of the Austro-Hungarian army during the last six weeks were the subject of discussion in the lobby of the Hungarian Parliament, The despatch says: "Members who returned from the different fronts where they took part in the offensive against Italy, also in the tremendous fighting on the Rus- sian front, all agreed that the losses must exceed 600,000 since the begin- ning of the offensive against Italy. The bitterness against the leaders of the army is very great, and at the next sitting of the House the Inde- pendence party will again demand that those responsible for the situation shall be brought to account, these be- ing the two Archdukes.and Gen. Con- rad von Holtztndorf. It is more than likely that the Hoyse will be dissolv- ed rather than that these high person- ages should be made the subjects of acrimonious criticism." A despatch from Bucharest to the Telegraph says: "Public feeling has been: deeply stirred by the general offensive of the allies. Owing to an appreciahjle lack of meat. here the Gover t has prohibited eating of it on three days of the week." Cf NEWS OF DEFEATS KEPT FROM FRANZ JOSEF A despatch from Zurich says :-- Members of the Austrian Imperial family have been summoned to Scho- enbrunn, owing to the illness of the Emperor Franz Josef, according to news despatches from Innsbruck. Several specialists are attending the aged King-Emperor and the news of the war is being withheld from him. Ta A] GERMAN SUBMARINE RAIDS ENGLISH FISHING FLEET. A despatch from London says: Fol- lowing the attack by a German sub- marine on the British port of Seaham Harbor on Tuesday night, a submarine raid on a fishing fleet near the Eng- lish coast was reported by Lloyds on Friday. A German submarine attack- ed a British fishing fleet off the north- eastern coast and sank the trawlers Florence and Dalhousie and several smaller vessels. smears SECOND DOMESTIC WAR LOAN IN SEPTEMBER. Terms of War I Issue Will Be Settled a Few Days Beforehand. A despatch from Ottawa says: Canada will float a second domestic war loap in September, according to an official announcement made here on Thursday by Sir Thomas White, Minister of Finance, . The amount, terms, and price, it is stated, will be settled a few days before the issue. : pn Airmen' Shell Rhone Town. A despatch from Paris says: The following official statement was issued on Friday night: "In reprisal for the bombardment by the enemy of the open town 'of Luneville on the night of June 24, one of our aviators, fly- ing at an altitude of about 1,600 feet, dropped several shells of large calibre on the town of Mulheim, on the Som bank of the River Rhone." The New Earl Kitchener Eldest brother of the late Field- marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome, and his successor in the title, Col. Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, second Earl Kitchener of Khartoum. The successor to Field- Marshal Earl Kitchener's title is a well-known and able soldier, and has been fighting for his country through- out' the war. He is in East Africa, where he hilds a high position. He is the eldest brother of the late Earl. He was born in 1846, and will be 70 on October 5. The second Earl is a widower, with a son in the navy, Com- mander Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, born in 1878, who is now the heir to the peerage. The new Earl's wife, who was Miss Eleanor Fanny Lushington, daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. F. Lushington, C.B., died in 1897. The second Earl Kitch- ener entered the army in 1886, was lieutenant-colonel in 18983, and couonel in 1899. He has a distinguished mili- tary record, and it is interesting to re- call that he went to France with his brother and fought side by side with him in the French army in the Fran- co-German war of 1870-71, The new Earl Kitchener has one daughter, Norah Frances, born in 1882, who was married in 1909 to Major Patrick Al- bert Forbes Winslow a Beckett (of the a Becketts of " Punch. nn BREAD TICKETS TO GET BEER? Good Templars of Germany Oppose Using Barley to Make Beverage. - A despatch from Amsterdam says: A protest against the consumption of barley for the making of beer is made in a letter sent to Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg signed by eight thousand members of Good Té&mplar | lodges in Germany. The letter points out the "gigantic waste of bread ma. terial" in the use of large quantities of barley for the production of beer, It urges that hereafter beer be only supplied on bread tickets. fT RR